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Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>6 </td> <td>–</td> <td>2 </td> <td> </td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td> <td>10 </td> <td>–</td> <td>3 </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <td class="tcol"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> 16 <a href="/wiki/1997_Penn_State_Nittany_Lions_football_team" title="1997 Penn State Nittany Lions football team">Penn State</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>6 </td> <td>–</td> <td>2 </td> <td> </td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td> <td>9 </td> <td>–</td> <td>3 </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <td class="tcol"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> 15 <a href="/wiki/1997_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1997 Purdue Boilermakers football team">Purdue</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>6 </td> <td>–</td> <td>2 </td> <td> </td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td> <td>9 </td> <td>–</td> <td>3 </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <td class="tcol"><a href="/wiki/1997_Wisconsin_Badgers_football_team" title="1997 Wisconsin Badgers football team">Wisconsin</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>5 </td> <td>–</td> <td>3 </td> <td> </td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td> <td>8 </td> <td>–</td> <td>5 </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <td class="tcol"><a href="/wiki/1997_Iowa_Hawkeyes_football_team" title="1997 Iowa Hawkeyes football team">Iowa</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>4 </td> <td>–</td> <td>4 </td> <td> </td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td> <td>7 </td> <td>–</td> <td>5 </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <td class="tcol"><a href="/wiki/1997_Michigan_State_Spartans_football_team" title="1997 Michigan State Spartans football team">Michigan State</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>4 </td> <td>–</td> <td>4 </td> <td> </td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td> <td>7 </td> <td>–</td> <td>5 </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <td class="tcol"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Northwestern</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>3 </td> <td>–</td> <td>5 </td> <td> </td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td> <td>5 </td> <td>–</td> <td>7 </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <td class="tcol"><a href="/wiki/1997_Minnesota_Golden_Gophers_football_team" title="1997 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team">Minnesota</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>–</td> <td>7 </td> <td> </td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td> <td>3 </td> <td>–</td> <td>9 </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <td class="tcol"><a href="/wiki/1997_Indiana_Hoosiers_football_team" title="1997 Indiana Hoosiers football team">Indiana</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>–</td> <td>7 </td> <td> </td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>–</td> <td>9 </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <td class="tcol"><a href="/wiki/1997_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1997 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">Illinois</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>–</td> <td>8 </td> <td> </td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>–</td> <td>11 </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="99" class="standings-table-conference-title"> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="99" class="standings-table-legend"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>$ – Conference champion</li></ul></div>Rankings from <a href="/wiki/AP_Poll" class="mw-redirect" title="AP Poll">AP Poll</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>1997 Northwestern Wildcats football team</b> represented <a href="/wiki/Northwestern_University" title="Northwestern University">Northwestern University</a> during the <a href="/wiki/1997_Big_Ten_Conference_football_season" title="1997 Big Ten Conference football season">1997 Big Ten Conference football season</a>. They played their home games at <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Field_(stadium)" title="Ryan Field (stadium)">Ryan Field</a> and participated as members of the <a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference" title="Big Ten Conference">Big Ten Conference</a>. They were coached by <a href="/wiki/Gary_Barnett" title="Gary Barnett">Gary Barnett</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Schedule">Schedule</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1997_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Schedule"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%"><tbody><tr><th>Date</th><th>Time</th><th>Opponent</th><th>Rank</th><th>Site</th><th>TV</th><th>Result</th><th>Attendance</th><th>Source</th></tr><tr class="CFB-schedule-row" style="background-color:#DDFFDD"><td style="white-space:nowrap">August 23</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">11:00 am</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">vs. <a href="/wiki/1997_Oklahoma_Sooners_football_team" title="1997 Oklahoma Sooners football team">Oklahoma</a><span class="CFB-schedule-ncgame">*</span></td><td style="white-space:nowrap"></td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Soldier_Field" title="Soldier Field">Soldier Field</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago, IL</a> (<a href="/wiki/Pigskin_Classic" title="Pigskin Classic">Pigskin Classic</a>)</li></ul></div></td><td><a href="/wiki/College_Football_on_ABC" title="College Football on ABC">ABC</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; font-weight:bold; width:1em">W</span> 24–0</td><td style="text-align:center">36,804</td><td style="text-align:center"></td></tr> <tr class="CFB-schedule-row" style="background-color:#FFDDDD"><td style="white-space:nowrap">September 6</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">2:30 pm</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">at <a href="/wiki/1997_Wake_Forest_Demon_Deacons_football_team" title="1997 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team">Wake Forest</a><span class="CFB-schedule-ncgame">*</span></td><td style="white-space:nowrap">No. 21</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Allegacy_Federal_Credit_Union_Stadium" title="Allegacy Federal Credit Union Stadium">Groves Stadium</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Winston-Salem,_North_Carolina" title="Winston-Salem, North Carolina">Winston-Salem, NC</a></li></ul></div></td><td>ABC</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; font-weight:bold; width:1em">L</span> 20–27</td><td style="text-align:center">24,320</td><td style="text-align:center"><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr class="CFB-schedule-row" style="background-color:#DDFFDD"><td style="white-space:nowrap">September 13</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">1:00 pm</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1997_Duke_Blue_Devils_football_team" title="1997 Duke Blue Devils football team">Duke</a><span class="CFB-schedule-ncgame">*</span></td><td style="white-space:nowrap"></td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Field_(stadium)" title="Ryan Field (stadium)">Ryan Field</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Evanston,_Illinois" title="Evanston, Illinois">Evanston, IL</a></li></ul></div></td><td></td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; font-weight:bold; width:1em">W</span> 24–20</td><td style="text-align:center">36,225</td><td style="text-align:center"><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr class="CFB-schedule-row" style="background-color:#FFDDDD"><td style="white-space:nowrap">September 20</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">11:30 am</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1997_Rice_Owls_football_team" title="1997 Rice Owls football team">Rice</a><span class="CFB-schedule-ncgame">*</span></td><td style="white-space:nowrap"></td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Ryan Field</li><li>Evanston, Illinois</li></ul></div></td><td><a href="/wiki/SportsChannel_Chicago" class="mw-redirect" title="SportsChannel Chicago">SCC</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; font-weight:bold; width:1em">L</span> 34–40</td><td style="text-align:center">32,762</td><td style="text-align:center"></td></tr> <tr class="CFB-schedule-row" style="background-color:#FFDDDD"><td style="white-space:nowrap">September 27</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">11:30 am</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">at <a href="/wiki/1997_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1997 Purdue Boilermakers football team">Purdue</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap"></td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ross%E2%80%93Ade_Stadium" title="Ross–Ade Stadium">Ross–Ade Stadium</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/West_Lafayette,_Indiana" title="West Lafayette, Indiana">West Lafayette, IN</a></li></ul></div></td><td><a href="/wiki/ESPN_College_Football" title="ESPN College Football">ESPN</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; font-weight:bold; width:1em">L</span> 9–21</td><td style="text-align:center">42,112</td><td style="text-align:center"></td></tr> <tr class="CFB-schedule-row" style="background-color:#FFDDDD"><td style="white-space:nowrap">October 4</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">6:00 pm</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1997_Wisconsin_Badgers_football_team" title="1997 Wisconsin Badgers football team">Wisconsin</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap"></td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Ryan Field</li><li>Evanston, IL</li></ul></div></td><td>ESPN</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; font-weight:bold; width:1em">L</span> 25–26</td><td style="text-align:center">47,129</td><td style="text-align:center"></td></tr> <tr class="CFB-schedule-row" style="background-color:#FFDDDD"><td style="white-space:nowrap">October 11</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">11:30 am</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">at No. 6 <a href="/wiki/1997_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1997 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap"></td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Michigan_Stadium" title="Michigan Stadium">Michigan Stadium</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Ann_Arbor,_Michigan" title="Ann Arbor, Michigan">Ann Arbor, MI</a> (<a href="/wiki/George_Jewett_Trophy" title="George Jewett Trophy">rivalry</a>)</li></ul></div></td><td>ESPN</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; font-weight:bold; width:1em">L</span> 6–23</td><td style="text-align:center">106,048</td><td style="text-align:center"></td></tr> <tr class="CFB-schedule-row" style="background-color:#DDFFDD"><td style="white-space:nowrap">October 18</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">2:30 pm</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">No. 11 <a href="/wiki/1997_Michigan_State_Spartans_football_team" title="1997 Michigan State Spartans football team">Michigan State</a><sup class="CFB-schedule-hcgame"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="dagger" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Dagger-14-plain.png" decoding="async" width="9" height="14" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="9" data-file-height="14" /></span></span></sup></td><td style="white-space:nowrap"></td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Ryan Field</li><li>Evanston, IL</li></ul></div></td><td>ABC</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; font-weight:bold; width:1em">W</span> 19–17</td><td style="text-align:center">47,129</td><td style="text-align:center"></td></tr> <tr class="CFB-schedule-row" style="background-color:#FFDDDD"><td style="white-space:nowrap">October 25</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">2:30 pm</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">at No. 9 <a href="/wiki/1997_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="1997 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap"></td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ohio_Stadium" title="Ohio Stadium">Ohio Stadium</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Columbus,_Ohio" title="Columbus, Ohio">Columbus, OH</a></li></ul></div></td><td>ABC</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; font-weight:bold; width:1em">L</span> 6–49</td><td style="text-align:center">92,445</td><td style="text-align:center"></td></tr> <tr class="CFB-schedule-row" style="background-color:#FFDDDD"><td style="white-space:nowrap">November 1</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">11:30 am</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">No. 2 <a href="/wiki/1997_Penn_State_Nittany_Lions_football_team" title="1997 Penn State Nittany Lions football team">Penn State</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap"></td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Ryan Field</li><li>Evanston, IL</li></ul></div></td><td>ESPN</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; font-weight:bold; width:1em">L</span> 27–30</td><td style="text-align:center">47,129</td><td style="text-align:center"></td></tr> <tr class="CFB-schedule-row" style="background-color:#DDFFDD"><td style="white-space:nowrap">November 8</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">11:00 am</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">at <a href="/wiki/1997_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1997 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">Illinois</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap"></td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Memorial_Stadium_(University_of_Illinois)" title="Memorial Stadium (University of Illinois)">Memorial Stadium</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Champaign,_Illinois" title="Champaign, Illinois">Champaign, IL</a> (<a href="/wiki/Illinois%E2%80%93Northwestern_football_rivalry" title="Illinois–Northwestern football rivalry">rivalry</a>)</li></ul></div></td><td><a href="/wiki/ESPN_Events" title="ESPN Events">ESPN Plus</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; font-weight:bold; width:1em">W</span> 34–21</td><td style="text-align:center">41,195</td><td style="text-align:center"></td></tr> <tr class="CFB-schedule-row" style="background-color:#DDFFDD"><td style="white-space:nowrap">November 15</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">11:30 am</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">No. 22 <a href="/wiki/1997_Iowa_Hawkeyes_football_team" title="1997 Iowa Hawkeyes football team">Iowa</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap"></td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Ryan Field</li><li>Evanston, IL</li></ul></div></td><td><a href="/wiki/ESPN2" title="ESPN2">ESPN2</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; font-weight:bold; width:1em">W</span> 15–14</td><td style="text-align:center">40,838</td><td style="text-align:center"></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="9" style="font-size:85%"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>*Non-conference game</li><li><sup class="CFB-schedule-hcgame"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="dagger" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Dagger-14-plain.png" decoding="async" width="9" height="14" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="9" data-file-height="14" /></span></span></sup>Homecoming</li><li>Rankings from <a href="/wiki/1997_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_rankings#AP_Poll" title="1997 NCAA Division I-A football rankings">AP Poll</a> released prior to the game</li><li>All times are in <a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">Central time</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Rankings">Rankings</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1997_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Rankings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/1997_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_rankings" title="1997 NCAA Division I-A football rankings">1997 NCAA Division I-A football rankings</a></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1083669074">.mw-parser-output table.ranking-movements{white-space:nowrap;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output td.ranking-movements,.mw-parser-output th.ranking-movements{padding-left:5px;padding-right:5px}</style><table class="wikitable ranking-movements"><caption>Ranking movements<br /><small><b>Legend:</b> <span style="color:#D8FFEB">██</span> Increase in ranking <span style="color:#FFE6E6">██</span> Decrease in ranking<br /> — = Not ranked т = Tied with team above or below</small></caption><tbody><tr><th></th><th colspan="18">Week</th></tr><tr><th>Poll</th><th>Pre</th><th>1</th><th>2</th><th>3</th><th>4</th><th>5</th><th>6</th><th>7</th><th>8</th><th>9</th><th>10</th><th>11</th><th>12</th><th>13</th><th>14</th><th>15</th><th>16</th><th>Final</th></tr><tr><th><a href="/wiki/AP_Poll" class="mw-redirect" title="AP Poll">AP</a></th><td>—</td><td style="background:#D8FFEB">24</td><td style="background:#D8FFEB">21т</td><td style="background:#FFE6E6">—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/wiki/Coaches_Poll" title="Coaches Poll">Coaches</a></th><td>—</td><td></td><td>24</td><td style="background:#FFE6E6">—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Roster">Roster</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1997_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Roster"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="toccolours" style="font-size: 95%;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="4" style="text-align:center;background-color:#4E2A84;color:#FFFFFF;">1997 Northwestern Wildcats football team roster </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;"> <th colspan="3">Players </th> <th>Coaches </th></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"><b>Offense</b> <table class="sortable" style="background:transparent; color: inherit; margin:0px; width:100%; border-collapse:collapse; line-height:1.1em;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Pos.</th> <th>#</th> <th>Name</th> <th>Class </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Wide_receiver" title="Wide receiver">WR</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><kbd>5</kbd> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="Bates, D'Wayne"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/D%27Wayne_Bates" title="D'Wayne Bates">D'Wayne Bates</a></span></span></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;"><span data-sort-value="5.0 !">Jr</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Tackle_(gridiron_football_position)" title="Tackle (gridiron football position)">OT</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><kbd>74</kbd> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="Janus, Paul"><span 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href="/wiki/1934_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1934 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1935_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1935 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1935</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1936 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1937_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1937 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1937</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1938 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1938</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1939_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1939 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1939</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1940 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1941_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1941 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1941</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1942 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1942</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1943_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1943 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1943</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1944 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1944</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1945_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1945 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1945</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1946 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1947_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1947 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1947</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1948 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1949_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1949 Northwestern Wildcats football team">1949</a></li> <li><a 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